Westfield High School - Weather Vane Yearbook (Westfield, NJ)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 2 Dedication 4 Faculty 7 Seniors 19 Juniors 87 Sophomores 95 Organizations 109 Sports . 133 Flumor 147

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DEDICATION The Class of Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-two dedicates this eleventh issue of the Weather Vane Annual to our librarian, Miss Alice M. Bible, who has helped us lay the foundation for our work in school and for the years to come, and who has added much to our schooldays by her loyal, friendly, and cooperative spirit.

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The WEATHER VANE 19 3 2 WASHINGTON’S GLORIOUS RETREAT With the easy capture of Fort Washington November sixteenth, 1776, by General Howe, who took nearly three thousand prisoners and immense stores, the darkest days of the American Revolution began. Washington’s Army of 6,000 men in New Jersey soon dwindled to 4,000 as the time of the State troops expired, and Washington was forced to retreat before an army over six times the size of his. He first withdrew to Newark to await the arrival of Lee with the troops left East of the Hudson. But all his entreaties and commands were of no avail. Lee, incensed with a wild desire to be the highest power himself, seemed determined to thwart Washington’s every plan and to turn his followers from Washington to himself. Accordingly he refused to cross the Hudson until ordered to do so by Congress, and then he proceeded toward Morristown at a leisurely rate, attempting to delay any other detachments on their way to join Washington. Meanwhile, Washington was forced to leave Newark and on December first, 1776, he crossed the Raritan, destroying the bridge behind him, and thus halted Cornwallis for five days at New Brunswick. On December sixth, Howe joined Cornwallis and Washington withdrew to Princeton, his forces reduced to 3,000 men. Realizing that he would have to cross the Delaware, he retreated to Trenton, and before the enemy could reach him, he had safely landed his troops on the other side with no loss of guns or stores. Throughout the whole retreat, Washington never lost his courage, bravery, and cheerfulness. He gave no signs of despondency, nor was his unfathomable faith ever daunted. No other general would have refused to acknowledge himself defeated after such a retreat, as indeed the British and most of the Americans believed he was. But Washington, great general that he was, used this belief as the foundation of his counter attack and with his famous surprise attack at Trenton, he began the victory which made the United States what it is today. Six Jo Ann Smith, ’32.